Latch for vehicle-doors.



M. B. VOIGT. LATCH FOR VEHICLE noons. I APPLICATION FILED MAR. 27, 1914.

Patented 'June 2', 1 914,

10 'acter's'of reference" nerke fiill,"clea,r,--and 'ex'ect descriptionwfthesamc,

"" rinsed 'or. disc invention consists in a. latch o i nose of the bolt is noi-x'ndlly dc spring 1 21 and the'bolt and 'spr ngAvith the;

int-i1; nsualv vay. 1

5' State of Connecticut,- have invented Ia n'w f f and i'lseful Impro hicle -Doors'; "and. I do. hereby ,declere' the; following, when teken in OOIlIIGCtIOHHWlth' the ziccompanying drewindgEa-nd ,th': I clhirl ereon, 9,

and-which' said drawings constituteipartof ,:this' application, and represent, in+- 1 Figure 1 a plen'viewof clutch for vehicle;

doors constructed in accordance with my ngeged position? Fig. 2-:an' end view of;the -.letcl1; lar to Fig; I with the cap removed and show:-

2o, ing the; latch; bolt inits locked position,-

' Fig.4 a fece view ofthe strike'plate.-z .F ig; 5. al'top o r edge -vievvf-of thelatch." F1 6 p" sectional view'showing the la tch be en- 'lhisfinven'tion re ates tjo. nnjmprove'inent- "4 in latches for vehicle-doors, particularly for, 1- automobile doors where n firm engagement of the latch with its keeper yis desired, the object being to (provide- 'a simple ,form of latch easily operated with the keeper co-act? ing'; with the latch bolt so astofprzictically lock the-door in it's closed position; and the 7 having certain details of construction anjdjcombinati'ons of p'arts as will be hereinafter descrihed end.

particularly-recited in the claims.

' latchubolt is mounted upon ahub o'r'rolh back 6 which in be provided with '9. square he shank of a knob, The

bolt is also formed with-awi earwardlyprojecting-tuil 8 provided with 9; lug 9 adapted to beengaged-by a lever- 10 which is pivoted I" to-the V I 5 ward t rough the tip the usual mannero vehic e latches. The

lower end of the lever'hre inclosed: by a-"cap or casing 13; preferablytermed; likefjtl-le lete T from sheet metal and secured tl iercto ement in Latches for' Ve: I

Fig. -3-agview siniiv v I j the ugper' portion 20 of the beltreceiving e lowjer end' 2lof-which corrcs'ponds'ffi late'as at Handwhich 'projects s-u Fer e of the door inrcsscd by n forward-edge ei as the incline ime 'w i latch; IA 1th pass intothe innerzwhll of the incline an the latch bolt :doors which is as securel mWith't; bolt.

in width,tb,='the ,thickness of-.th v ition'of-theholt 5. .VVhenthcdoorisbeing'i g-f, closed. itis unnecessa toi 'turn -.the' bolt 4 'eitherby theknob hamllhor b vor'inclined'surfece 19 'will cause is inove' "up erdfor be retired acting-in the face 19 i en,

' clearly shown in Fig. 6 .0 Gonsequently' 'thegdoor may be} closed yf mere pressure u'pon it'vas the latch rides u cannot by hny possibility 1 b e" disengaged" from v the" keeper without men'ually 'gnovmgit either by the .1

very low cost 'a; simple "1mm fo'r vehicle in the same Way gs thong with an ordinitry -latch, fe'

portant pert, of-this invention "is; providedj 'Ef'at its lower; in'nerj edgfe with' a: rounded-sur- 4 face1.14 whwhcoectswith the keeper-as t. f Iatch as will-be-hereinafterreferredrtok. The 6o.

ofthe bolt is'jp idvided with ange'1- 5 'for'the-purposeas will here neften appear; and, it may be stated fill 1t the opening 16 in the' face plate corre--- spends? meinlytoithe thickness of" the b'olt' 66 5, but at 1ts' npperrend is cutawa tof'clear t the upperisnrface. of the "nose of? as well thatthe boltmay retired to the necessary.

TPQin'tconnection with 'alatchthlisf con- 70 structed5I, -employ IJ keeper l'lformed. jwith e th1ckened, iront wall 18 "which is cutaway fitmfininelinedbsurface'lt) Opehinginto' e e main porthe lever 16 d shrine-14 stri the cam 89- e-b'olt'to' ."j ith'usual beveled nose of a, holtdides up the inclined sur 1f ers. the upper' ortionof the '8 slot 20 in-the keeper, aud t 'en 'under the action pfthe spring-12=is depressed so as to. V

contracted. ortion 21 with the 1 which the an? 15 engages as I1 f'the dragwin 90a;

dtis're'tired;'butvvhen n age acts practically as zt'la'tc as it handle-or by; the lever:

When it. is desired to 'openthe door,jhow-i-j' ever, it is only n'eces'ser to move the: lever to li'ft thefios'e' out of t theslot 21in the keeper whenitfcen ride'outf hi the upper. portion 20. I thusfprovide at ewer portion of' 1 9.

permits; the 'dooif' to be closed;

, it were provided 10E: V d when-closed it Y 'iie t a t o gh locked I.

for veh c e d j l g 3 =3 1' ma a bolt abused which the nose 5 i bbl 4 2. A lateh for vehicle doors com prising aa-loc and a strike plate formed in its inner 'edge' with a cam surface and with a slot into .of the bolt may be entered;

said slot contracted. at'its lower end and a said casing,

in the casing said bolt provided at its lower rear edge with a latch surface and at its forward ed e with flange, means formoving t e bolt,

forming a wall with; which the flange on the tmay engage.

casing .formed with afront plate or flange having ajbolt openingya bolt mounted'in' the a spring engagingwith the bolt,

and means 'for turning thebolt formed at its outer lower corner with the nose of the the Bolt, the nose of with aninwardly pi'ojecti fla 1Q a strike having an exa combined with tension in its'innerw ,fSaid' formed with an inclined surface over which plate for ned with -a; .slot to which clined surface extends, at its lower end forming-a wall with which the flange on the pose specification in the presence of two suhaa-ib- V i i a V 1 mg witnesses.

Witnesses'r" CARL W. JOHNSON, F. J. Lmsnar,

niner wall bolt -.may ride, said-strike V said slot contracted I v 25 .of thebolt may enga e. g o 7 fntestimony whereof, I have signed this 

